baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2544724-A (GB)
Title: Extendable and stowable volume for wave energy converters and other applications
Inventor: RICHARD YEMM
IPC: F03B13/20
Filed: 2015-10-30
Abstract: A wave energy converter has a hull volume and means to vary the hull volume on command in response to prevailing wave conditions. The means to vary the hull volume may comprise inflatable modular structures 2 located around a rigid, load-bearing core 1. The inflatable structures may comprise a plurality of axially aligned compartments 3 arranged in an annular structure around the core, and may have internal fabric webs (4, fig 3) and internal elastic elements (5). There may be a pair of inflatable structures (10, fig 4) that each inflate to a convex shape and are stowed in a concave shape. The rigid core may comprise a pair of tubes (11) with a faired shear web between them, or a trefoil frame arrangement with three longitudinal structures connected together by truss members (12). A pair of rigid casings (13, fig 5) may each have a first end connected to one of a pair of inflatable structures (14) and a second end articulably connected to the core, where an elastic member (17) connected between the inflatable structures controls the fabric of the inflatable structures.
Patent GB-2543833-A (GB)
Title: A bed or mattress tool
Inventor: PETER TOMKINS
IPC: G01C9/34
Filed: 2015-10-30
Abstract: A tool 10, for measuring the sag of a bed 11 or mattress 12, comprises a substantially rigid elongate member 15 of a length sufficient to extend across at least the full width of a bed or mattress and a measuring gauge 24 connected to the elongate member and having a leg 40 slidable perpendicularly to the elongate member. The extent of the sag 49 of the bed or mattress can be determined by the position of the leg relative to the elongate member. The elongate member may comprise first and second elongate members hinged together. Each elongate member 15, 16, may comprise a separate measuring gauge 24. An embodiment is disclosed where one elongate member is telescopically slidable within a part of the other member to adjust the length to suit the bed / mattress. The measuring gauge may be slidable parallel to the elongate member. A spirit level surface level indicator 29 may be provided on the measuring gauge. The slidable leg 40 may be hinged and rotated and slid into a housing of the measuring gauge for storage.
Patent GB-2544472-A (GB)
Title: An improved syringe safety disposal device
Inventor: ADRIAN NUNN
IPC: A61M5/32
Filed: 2015-11-16
Abstract: A device 10 to separate a needle from a syringe 110 is disclosed. The device 10 comprises a planar member including an aperture 13 therein, said aperture 13 being closed by a closure mechanism 15 comprising two or more closuremembers 16. Each closure member 16 is mounted along one edge to the edge of the aperture 13, with the free edges of each closure member 16 being in spaced relationship with the free edges of a neighbouring closure member 16. The free edges of each closure member are in spaced relationship with the free edges of a neighbouring closure member, said space being smaller than the radius of a syringe connector. Each closure member 16 is further formed of a resilient material and biased to the closed position. The device may comprise a second planar member with a second aperture with closure members 26, the second aperture may be in line with the first aperture 13, and the closure members 26 may be rotationally offset from the closure members 16. A container and method are also claimed.
Patent GB-2529955-A (GB)
Title: CMOS-compatible polycide fuse structure and method of fabricating same
Inventor: YEH JENG-YA D
IPC: H01L29/78
Filed: 2013-06-25
Abstract: CMOS-compatible polycide fuse structures and methods of fabricating CMOS-compatible polycide fuse structures are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes a substrate. A polycide fuse structure is disposed above the substrate and includes silicon and a metal. A metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor structure is disposed above the substrate and includes a metal gate electrode.
Patent GB-2545274-A (GB)
Title: Wireless docking
Inventor: TREVOR HALL
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2015-12-11
Abstract: A method of controlling a wireless docking station that has one or more peripheral devices connected thereto, which are controllable from a mobile device when the mobile device is docked with the wireless docking station. A sensing signal is received that indicates that a user is proximate the peripheral devices, and a mobile device is detected within a predetermined range of the wireless docking station. An identification of the mobile device is determined and confirmation is requested from the user that the user wants to dock the mobile device with the wireless docking station. When a confirmation signal is received, an authentication of the mobile device having the identification is permitted to be performed. If the authentication is successful, the mobile device is docked with the wireless docking station. The peripheral devices may be a display screen, a touchscreen display, a desktop phone and/or a speaker.
Patent GB-2533859-A (GB)
Title: Using motion compensated temporal filter (MCTF) statistics for scene change detection when a fade, dissolve or cut occurs
Inventor: Wayne D Michelsen
IPC: H04N19/87
Filed: 2015-12-15
Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding video using scene cut or transition detection, using a Motion Compensated Temporal Filter (MCTF) that provides motion estimation. The MCTF provides a Motion Compensated Residual (MCR) for an individual frame. The MCR for a frame is then compared with a sliding mean MCR to give a prediction of a shot change. The comparison highlights the transition points. In the case of a scene cut, the MCR score exhibits a distinct spike. In the case of a fade or dissolve, the MCR score exhibits a transitional period of degradation followed by recovery. The encoder may use this to place an I-frame when the shot transition occurs.
Patent GB-2535621-A (GB)
Title: System and method for analyzing the effectiveness of an application to a crop
Inventor: Terence d pickett
IPC: G06T7/40
Filed: 2016-01-05
Abstract: Method for determining the effectiveness of an agricultural application by storing 310 present crop data comprising a subset of sensor data and crop application parameters for a crop at a particular location or zone and retrieving 320 prior crop data corresponding to an agricultural application for the crop at the location or zone. The crop data is analysed 325 to measure the effectiveness of the application and the analysis comprises comparing subsets of the present and past data by counting pixels and distinguishing them according to colour. The sensor data may comprise an image, a thermal image, an infrared image or a normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI) image. The application may be treated seeds, a fertiliser, a pesticide or an herbicide. The sensor data and crop application parameters may be received from an applicator machine which applies the application to the crop. The effectiveness may be determined using a metric based on plant growth, plant appearance or plant health.
Patent GB-2548395-A (GB)
Title: Navigation aid
Inventor: SEBASTIAN PASZKOWICZ
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2016-03-18
Abstract: A navigation aid for a navigation system for a vehicle 10, comprises an input arranged to monitor a sensor system, e.g. radar or stereo cameras, being arranged to detect any objects V, F, P in the vicinity of the vehicle. The input also monitors a positioning system, e.g. GPS, to detect a route 56 of the vehicle. A trajectory T of any detected object is determined relative to the vehicle and compared with the vehicle's route. An advice message is output in response to the route being coincident with the trajectory of the object, the advice message usable by the driver to effect a manual route change, e.g. visually displayed alternative route 56. The advice message may depend on a monitored driving condition such as terrain type, weather, vehicle state or occupancy, and traffic density. In alternative embodiments a control signal may be output to a vehicle system when a coincident route and object trajectory is determined.
Patent GB-2549729-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing a lamination stack for use in an electrical machine
Inventor: ERWAN SALAHUN
IPC: H02K15/02
Filed: 2016-04-26
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lamination stack includes heat treating a stainless steel alloy, to produce a material with corrosion resistance and improved magnetic properties. A sheet of ferritic stainless steel alloy, in accordance with AISI 444 or EN 1.4521, is annealed at a high temperature between 900 and 1100 degrees Celsius, and quenched at a rate of at least 30 degrees Celsius per second. The heating stage may take place in a vacuum, and the cooling stage may take place in a nitrogen atmosphere. The heat treatment produces a material with lower core losses and coercivity, but greater relative permeability, than the untreated material. Corrosion resistance is maintained. The lamination stack may form the stator or rotor of an electrical machine such as a magnetic bearing, allowing operation within the process gas of equipment such as turbo-expanders and compressors.
Patent GB-2551202-A (GB)
Title: Implantable device
Inventor: Mogamat Rushdie Hendricks
IPC: A61F2/08
Filed: 2016-06-10
Abstract: An implantable device 1 for aiding in generating connective tissue between a pair of anatomical structures in a mammalian body, such as to form a tendon or the like between the base of a tongue and a chin to treat obstructive sleep apnoea, comprises a porous scaffold 5 which is provided on an elongate, flexible tether 3. The scaffold 5 may be a polymeric tubular membrane sleeve capable of promoting tissue ingrowth and collagen deposition along its length and which extends over the tether 3, which may comprise a plurality of absorbable filaments 7, such as suture material, which at one end 11 has a suturing needle 15 secured to each end 13 of the filaments 7, and at the other end 9 the filaments 7 are shaped to provide equally spaced loops or eyelets 17,19,21 to receive fixation screws.
Patent GB-2555559-A (GB)
Title: Anchors
Inventor: CLIFFORD IAN KIRBY
IPC: H02S20/30
Filed: 2016-06-21
Abstract: The anchor 30 comprises a framework that includes a number of interconnected upright 44 and cross members 48 to make a cuboidal structure with a hollow interior. The framework is collapsible by dismantling the framework into its constituent components. The hollow portion may hold a flexible liner 34 within, the liner may be capable of holding the constituent components when the anchor is disassembled. A fence panel may be connected to the anchors using fence posts to make a fence. A support for a solar array with a number of anchors. A number of anchors that are interconnected together may be used to form a base of a watchtower. The anchors may be part of a modular storage system. The anchors may be interconnected to form a gabion wall.
Patent GB-2537067-A (GB)
Title: Suspended platform system
Inventor: KEVAN HERBERT
IPC: E04G5/14
Filed: 2013-03-15
Abstract: A suspended platform system has tensioned flexible members, such as wire cables 102, spanning a gap. Modular platforms 112 are suspended on at least two adjacent tensioned wires, and suspension members 114 are attached to an overhead support. Each of the suspension members depends downwardly from the overhead support, such as an underside of a bridge or an oil rig, and there are coupling assemblies (120, fig 2) associated with lower ends of the suspension members. Each one of the coupling assemblies couples one of the suspension members to a selected one of the tensioned wires. Furthermore, the suspended platform has a safety rail 420 mounted to at least one of the modular platforms. The safety rail may be clamped to a suspension members.
Patent GB-2554863-A (GB)
Title: Sealing Panel
Inventor: SVEN HALVORSEN
IPC: F17C3/02
Filed: 2016-10-04
Abstract: A sealing panel 100 for sealing between two or more insulating panels 4, 5 for insulating a hold 2 from a hull or a wall 3, the panel 100 comprising a kink 110, 120, 130. The kink may protrude out of the general plane of the sealing panel, may extend linearly and the material may be of sufficient rigidity that the kink maintains its shape when no external force is applied to the panel. The panel may comprise a second kink intersecting the first and may further comprise a bulb shaped portion which may be at the intersection of the kinks. The panel may be rectangular, L shaped or cross shaped when viewed in plan. A claim is present for a secondary barrier comprising a plurality of adjacent insulating panels attached to a hull or wall, arranged with their edges spaced apart and a sealing panel as described attaching two or more adjacent panels, the kink(s) positioned over the gaps. A method of manufacturing comprising cutting a sealing material to a desired shaped and stamping using a die, with an optional previous step of forming the die, is also included.
Patent GB-2541312-A (GB)
Title: System & method for estimating substance concentrations in bodily fluids
Inventor: Panayiotis Kyriacou
IPC: G01N33/84
Filed: 2015-04-07
Abstract: One implementation of the teachings of the invention provides a system for providing at least an estimate of substance concentrations in a bodily fluid, the system comprising: a first emitter (9, 11) for generating signals using a first sensing modality, a first detector (13) configured to detect signals from said first emitter (9, 11) that have travelled through the bodily fluid and output a corresponding first detector signal; a second emitter (15) for generating signals using a second sensing modality different to said first sensing modality, a second detector (15) configured to detect signals from said second emitter that have travelled through the bodily fluid and output a corresponding second detector signal; and a processor configured to receive the detector signals from said first and second detectors (13, 15), to process said signals and to output an indication of at least an estimate of the concentration of said substance in said bodily fluid.
Patent GB-2555818-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for decoding HTTP headers
Inventor: Hervé Ruellan
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2016-11-10
Abstract: The present invention concerns A method of decoding encoded header sets of messages, wherein the method comprises: receiving separately addition sets for the modification of a decoding table and encoded header sets to be decoded based on the decoding table; detecting a missing addition set 1400 or header set in received data and further decoding received encoded header sets based on the incomplete received data. When an addition set is identified as missing, the missing addition set is applied by replacing the missing headers 1420 from the missing addition set by empty headers in the decoding table, and attempting to decode a header set based on the decoding table containing empty headers.
Patent GB-2540711-A (GB)
Title: A portable device for wound care and method for use
Inventor: KAREN DIANNE LAKE
IPC: A61B50/33
Filed: 2015-05-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a portable, multi-use device for use when attending to a wound, the device comprising a first tray and a second tray and further comprising a locking system adapted to attach the first and second trays together in a locked state and to allow the first and second trays to be separated from each other in an unlocked state.
Patent GB-2551411-A (GB)
Title: Improved extraction apparatus
Inventor: HUGH MALKIN
IPC: G01N1/28
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: An apparatus for distributing a solid dosage form in an extraction fluid, the apparatus comprising a sample preparation bag for holding the solid dosage and extraction fluid, the bag comprising flexible walls defining a preparation chamber with an opening, an upper reservoir zone, a lower reservoir zone and a pulverizing zone between the upper and lower reservoir zones, wherein the pulverizing zone comprises opposed crusher plates fixed to a portion of the inner surfaces of the opposed walls of the bag, and a jaw crusher for comprising an upper pulverizer assembly comprising a pair of opposed jaws which are moveable relative to one another and each comprising opposed upper and lower crushing surfaces for contacting the outer surfaces of the pulverizing zone of the sample preparation bag; and (ii) a lower pump assembly comprising pumping means with a member for contacting an outer surface of the lower reservoir zone to displace extraction fluid to the pulverizing zone wherein the opposed upper crushing surfaces are adapted to nip with a first stroke length l1 and at a first frequency f1 and the opposed lower crushing surfaces are adapted to nip with a second stroke length l2 at a second frequency f2, and wherein l1 > l2 and f1 < f2.
Patent GB-2548011-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for battery charge monitoring
Inventor: NIGEL WILLIAM CARDOZO
IPC: H04W52/02
Filed: 2014-09-04
Abstract: A method for remotely monitoring a battery level for a wireless communication unit, such as a mobile telephone, comprises: receiving a request to schedule an event that identifies a time or location to perform battery monitoring; receiving wirelessly a battery charge status request from a remote third party; interrogating a current battery charge level; and transmitting a battery charge level and the result of the scheduled event to the remote third party in response to the battery charge status request. The event may be associated with a health care application. A notification that there is not enough power to perform the scheduled event or an instruction to recharge the device may be provided.
Patent GB-2544941-A (GB)
Title: Systems, Devices and methods relating to motion data
Inventor: SRINI NAIDU
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2015-10-06
Abstract: Systems for studying motion are provided. A computing device [10] has a processor [20], an accelerometer [11], a gyroscope [12], a magnetometer [13] and storage/computer readable media [30] in communication with one another. The computing device [10] can sense, classify, qualify and/or quantify real-time motion data of a moving target against classified initial motion data in a motion library [32]. Motion data is processed as particularized units of motion. The computing device [10] may use machine learning algorithms for "training" and "learning." The computing device [10] can be used in many industries, including the fitness industry, where computing device [10] can be used with wearable technology.
Patent GB-2550281-A (GB)
Title: Electrified exit device
Inventor: JOHN BRENNAN
IPC: E05B65/10
Filed: 2017-04-10
Abstract: A latch dogging assembly (42 Fig 2) comprises an electromagnet 48 and an electric actuator 46 mounted on a bracket. A guide link 78 is pivotally mounted on the bracket and has a pawl (74 Fig 6) is slidably engaged with it. An armature 43 is mounted to the panic bar and the post engages the pawl. When the actuator is energized to move a shaft 47 connected to the pawl, the pawl pivots the armature which is connected to a dogging bar mount (39 Fig 3) and causes the panic bar to move from the extended position to the depressed position. When the electromagnet is energised the armature is magnetically held preventing reverse pivoting of the guide link and holds the latch in a retracted or dogged position. Also claimed is a method for fully retracting a door latch by monitoring the position of a latch in a predetermined time limit and in another invention by changing the indexing rate on a motor.
Patent GB-2553682-A (GB)
Title: Methods, systems, and media for ambient background noise modification based on mood and/or behavior information
Inventor: CHARLES GORAN
IPC: G05B15/02
Filed: 2015-12-30
Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for ambient background noise modification are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: identifying at least one noise present in an environment of a user having a user device, an activity the user is currently engaged in, and a physical or emotional state of the user; determining a target ambient noise to be produced in the environment based at least in part on the identified noise, the activity the user is currently engaged in, and the physical or emotional state of the user; identifying at least one device associated with the user device to be used to produce the target ambient noise; determining sound outputs corresponding to each of the one or more identified devices, wherein a combination of the sound outputs produces an approximation of one or more characteristics of the target ambient noise; and causing the one or more identified devices to produce the determined sound outputs.
Patent GB-2569397-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring tuberculosis medication
Inventor: Melanie Jane Bailey
IPC: G01N33/94
Filed: 2017-12-18
Abstract: A method of determining whether a subject has taken a dose of tuberculosis medication comprises analysing a sample of sweat obtained from the subject to determine the presence of tuberculosis medication and/or a metabolite, where the sample is obtained in the form of a skin-print, such as a fingerprint. Preferably, the method involves determining the presence of isoniazid, acetylisoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin and/or ethambutol. Determining the presence of tuberculosis medication may comprise checking for M+H mass to charge ratio (m/z) peaks at between 138.06 to 138.08, 124.04 to 124.06, or 180.6 to 180.9 using mass spectrometry. A method of determining whether a subject has taken a dose of tuberculosis medication may comprise analysing using a lateral flow immunoassay a sample of sweat obtained from the subject to determine the presence of tuberculosis medication and/or a metabolite, where the sample is obtained from a skin-print.
Patent GB-2573006-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for selecting a task to be performed by a sensor
Inventor: STEPHEN SYKES
IPC: G01S7/00
Filed: 2018-04-19
Abstract: A sensor manager 162 for selecting a task to be carried out by a sensor, the sensor manager comprising a task list store 170 operable to store a list of candidate tasks that can be carried out by the sensor; wherein the task list store is operable to store a description of each respective task, the description of each respective task defining an expected reward stream representing rewards as a function of the time for which the task is carried out; the sensor manager being operable to select one of the candidate tasks on the basis of maximising the total expected discounted reward. The task list store preferably has a first list of time sensitive tasks and a second list of non-time sensitive task, a task being selected for each list and compared to identify the task which maximises the total expected discounted reward.
Patent GB-2564764-A (GB)
Title: Sonar sensor fusion and model based virtual and augmented reality systems and methods
Inventor: PAUL STOKES
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2016-11-12
Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods for sensor fusion with respect to mobile structures. A mobile structure may include multiple ranging sensor systems and/or receive navigational data from various sensors. A navigational database may be generated that includes data from the ranging sensor systems and/or other sensors. Aspects of the navigational database may then be used to generate an integrated model, which can be used to generally aid in the navigation of the mobile structure.
Patent GB-2575259-A (GB)
Title: Lesflux is smartphone flip case with wireless charger capability
Inventor: DIINI OMAR
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2018-07-02
Abstract: A flip case for a smartphone comprises a built in power pack and a wireless charging transmitter and receiver. The case may include an RFID signal blocker for cards stored in card slot 3 and LED indicator lights 4 which may show remaining battery power. Phone charge may be shared between smartphones and the power pack may support simultaneous charging of the battery pack and smartphone by receiving and transmitting power simultaneously. The case may include cut outs 1 for aspects of the phone such as the camera lens and volume buttons.